Guzmania sanguinea 'Tricolor' vipp 7-23 Serra das Paridas

Serra das Paridas

These plants are like ‘ordinary’ ionanthas except for the fact that they grow very large with many more leaves than typical plants

A selected cultivar of Bob Spivey’s hybrid of marnier-lapostollei v

Grows to about three feet tall and wide in a dense upright rosette

growing to about 30in across

Guzmania sanguinea 'Tricolor' vipp 7-23 Serra das ParidasA beautiful candy striped, red, white and green plant that flushes brilliant red and yellow in the center at anthesis. A very vigorous clone that will produce several offsets after blooming, unlike the one or two offsets of most clones of the species. Grows well in bright shade, in a well draining media but likes to be moist. This species is found from Central America through much of South America, but it is not known where the variegated clone